The Senate yesterday confirmed President Goodluck Jonathan’s? nominees for chairman and members of the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The confirmation was sequel to the adoption of the report of the Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption, which screened the nominees.
But report was subjected to open debate by senators in the Committee of the Whole House, presided over by the president of the Senate, David Mark, who appealed to the confirmed board members to “hit the ground running in the fight against corruption”.
The six-man committee will be headed by Francis Elechi and has Alhaji Abdullahi Ado Bayero, Alhaji Isa Ozi Salami, Ekpo Una Owo Nta, Professor Olu Aina and Dame Julie Onum-Nwariaku as members.
Meanwhile, the nominations of chairman and other members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been referred to the committee on Niger Delta for further legislative work to be submitted in two weeks, while the submission of the report of the committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the transfer of convicted offenders bill was also extended by two weeks.